[Tex/LaTex] How to install a package from a local repository

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I am unable to connect to the package repository server using MiKTeX due to a proxy error. How would I go about installing a package from a local repository? I am trying to install the package beamer. Where do I actually find the file to download?

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Best Answer

You need to get the packages from the miktex folder on ctan:

http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/

Put whatever you want to install e.g.

http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/beamer.tar.lzma

in some empty folder (outside miktex).

Beside this you need the three database files

http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb1-2.9.tar.lzma http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb2-2.9.tar.lzma http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb3-2.9.tar.lzma

Put them also in the folder. Then you can use the folder as local repository.

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